Ezekiel 22:18 (WEB)
“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me. All of them are bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the middle of the furnace. They are the dross of silver.
Fathers and councils · 2
Origen
“And he who likes may learn this from the prophet Ezekiel.” — editor's note: Cf. Ezek. xxii. 18, 20.
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Gregory the Great
“…from their iniquity, saying, The house of Israel is to Me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace (Ezek. xxii. 18); as if to say plainly, I would have purified them by the fire of tribulation, and I sought that they should become silver or gold; but they have…” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 15
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.15.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.15.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.15.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.15.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.15.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.14.